Reading, Pennsylvania. Berks County.

Mount Penn Fire Company 1

2,613pre-plans, about one per building
9life-risk sites
123estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
33in the flood zone

Estimated from public records. Your officers fix what is off in setup.

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All volunteer department. 1 station. 36 volunteer firefighters.

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Your first due
Stations
Life-risk sites

Your first due, estimated by road distance from your stations. Your officers set the real lines in setup.

Your first due by the numbers.

2,613pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

9life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimatedCheck: list over 2 years old

123buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated

33buildings in the 100-year flood zone, mapped zones onlyEstimatedFlood maps as of Oct 2026

At setuphydrants. Send your hydrant list or map in any form, or mark them in setup, and every card plans its water from them.

3square miles of first dueEstimated

About 5,534 people live in these buildings, estimated from the building records.

How to read these numbers. Estimated means we worked it out from public records, and your officers check it at setup. The month is when its list was last updated. A check flag means the list is more than 2 years old, so look at it first.

Numbers built October 2026. Your officers fix anything that is off in setup, and every card follows.

Buildings by type

Homes2,265
Businesses147
Apartments and lodging112
Industrial36
Schools25
Government and assembly12
Sheds, utility and other9
Farm buildings6
Mobile homes1

EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2025

Water need, in gpm

250 or less1,044
300 to 5001,127
550 to 1,000319
1,050 to 2,00091
over 2,00032

Estimated

Water need by the NFA formula, with 25% of the building involved. Homes and apartment buildings with no recorded height are counted as 2 floors; your officers can set heights in setup.

Shuttle loop times and rig counts are worked out card by card, from your tankers or tenders, your fill sites and your roads, once your officers enter them in setup.

Life-risk sites

Nursing homes, hospitals, care homes, schools and day cares that are first due to you, from state and national lists. Each list carries its own date.

Name	Type	Size	List as of
Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch	Public school	434 students	Jun 2025
Jacksonwald El Sch	Public school	370 students	Jun 2025
Antietam HS	Public school	360 students	Jun 2025
St Catharine Of Siena School	Private school	200 students	Jun 2024 Check
Antietam Academy	Child care center	183 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
Saint Catharine Of Siena School	Child care center	171 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
The White House Day Care Llc	Child care center	114 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
Andrew Child Care Center Llc	Child care center	56 licensed capacity	Sep 2026
Little Treasure Day Care	Child care center	25 licensed capacity	Sep 2026

Your stations.

Each card routes from the station that is first due, so the way in matches how your rigs come. Add or fix stations in setup.

Mount Penn Fire Company Station 1Record dated Feb 2023

Take it to your board.

The board packet is a PDF built for Mount Penn Fire Company 1: your numbers, how it works in four steps, what your officers do, the cost and terms, and a motion your secretary can read into the minutes.

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What it costs

Year one

Pay in full: was $1,600, Free
Or 12 monthly payments: was $133.33 a monththe same total

*The first company in Berks County to sign up pays no setup fee. That spot is still open.

Each year after

$120 a year, one payment.

Half of one percent of $324,922, your average yearly spending on your last 3 IRS filings.

Year one is a setup fee that builds every card and includes the monthly checks and the note to the chief. Each year after, $120 a year keeps them going.

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